SLOC TURNS DOWN APPEAL TO VIEW SPONSOR INFO; RETAINS FIRM

          Salt Lake City doctor and anti-alcohol activist George
     Van Komen "lost the first battle" in "seeking information"
     from the SLOC when he "was denied a copy" of Anheuser-
     Busch's contract to sponsor the 2002 Games, according to
     Lisa Riley Roche of the DESERET NEWS.  The SLOC said that
     all sponsorship contracts are "confidential," but Van Komen
     has stated that A-B "should be treated differently because
     providing beer as part of the deal makes it a public safety
     issue."  USOC Exec Dir Dick Schultz said that A-B is "not
     asking" to change Utah's liquor laws (DESERET NEWS, 1/13). 
          RE-AFFIRMING THE FIRM: In Salt Lake City, Mike Gorrell
     reports that the SLOC will keep its legal counsel Ray,
     Quinney & Nebeker, after Games trustees accepted "the firm's
     explanation that it had not destroyed primary documents
     pertinent" to the Salt Lake City bid scandal.  Firm attorney
     -- and secretary of the Olympic bid -- Jim Jardine "offered
     a detailed explanation of how some bid-era documents were
     shredded" (SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, 1/14).